Jefferson County Online Mehitable ELLIS WOODS a/k/a 'Aunty Woods'

This estimable lady was a tireless worker for others in need, both at home and in the Civil War battlefields for 'her boys', the soldiers of Iowa. She is buried here in the Old Fairfield City Cemetery with the first two of her three husbands; the third was buried at Fort Whipple, Arizona, following a hunting accident.

'Aunty Woods' has a large monument, standing nearly eleven feet tall, and a small unadorned headstone between those of her first two husbands, Gilbert FOX and Parrish ELLIS. On this page are photos of the WOODS plot and Mehitable's gravestone, along with links to her obituary, biography, and several documents that appear on our county message boards.

Aunty Woods IN WAR A MINISTERING ANGEL TO IOWA SOLDIERS IN THE FIELD, THE AGENT OF THE LADIES AID SOCIETY, AND A MAJOR BY COMMISSION OF GOVERNOR KIRKWOOD. IN PEACE A FRIEND OF EVERY GOOD CAUSE AND OF ALL WHO WERE IN TROUBLE OR DISTRESS AND THE MOTHER OF THE ELLIS HOSE COMPANY.